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United States Patent | 5,692,097 |
Yamada ,   et al. | November 25, 1997 |
An inter-frame similarity between an input voice and a standard patterned word is calculated for each of frames and for each of standard patterned words, and a posterior probability similarity is produced by subtracting a constant value from each of the inter-frame similarities. The constant value is determined by analyzing voice data obtained from specified persons to set the posterior probability similarities to positive values when a word existing in the input voice matches with the standard patterned word and to set the posterior probability similarities to negative values when a word existing in the input voice does not match with the standard patterned word. Thereafter, an accumulated similarity having an accumulated value obtained by accumulating values of the posterior probability similarities according to a continuous dynamic programming matching operation for the frames of the input voice is calculated for each of the standard patterned words. Thereafter, a particular standard patterned word relating to an accumulated similarity having a maximum value among the accumulated similarities is output as a recognized word of the input voice.
Inventors: | Yamada; Maki (Kawasaki, JP); Hoshimi; Masakatsu (Zama, JP); Watanabe; Taisuke (Sagamihara, JP); Niyada; Katsuyuki (Sagamihara, JP) |
Assignee: | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Appl. No.: | 347089 |
Filed: | November 23, 1994 |
Nov 25, 1993[JP] | 5-295137 |
Current U.S. Class: | 704/241; 704/231; 704/236; 704/240; 704/246; 704/249 |
Intern'l Class: | G10L 009/14 |
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